The Goodness Paradox - you can’t have your cake and eat it too

Join us on Tuesday, January 25, from 1:30 PM till 2:15 PM (CET) + 45 more minutes of informality (if you care to stay on) for the first chat this winter in the Digital Food series. REGISTER HERE Upon registration (Free!) you will receive a link to...

Value Chain Approach: Reforming from the Foundation

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde explains the value chain approach. It allows for reformation beginning with the foundation of the value chain.

What Lessons Can We Learn From Rwanda’s Development?

Join us for the fourth Global Agricultural Politics and Policy from an African Perspective (G.A.P.P.A.P.) webinar on Thursday 27 January, 5-6PM WAT/5-6PM CET via Zoom. Dick Veerman, founder of Foodlog.nl will talk with our guest speakers (to be...

Nepotism equals corruption, but mind the exceptions

Are ‘Nepotism’ and ‘Corruption’ two terms that go hand in hand? Can nepotism be differentiated from corruption? The third GAPPAP-webinar discussed the topic with a panel of free thinking Africans based both on the African continent and...

Storage Technology in Agriculture: The Real Reward of Farmers’ Efforts

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde describes the necessity for the right information to reach small holder farmers. Knowing the correct storage technology and planting and harvesting times is essential for small holder farmers to stay...

‘Make sure consumer diets don’t become more unhealthy due to sustainability concerns’

How do you make an optimal food product that is affordable, sustainable and high quality? This question is central to the work of Dr. Peter de Jong, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences. With his expertise and experience in modeling, de...

Climate Crisis: I Am Because We Are (Ubuntu’s Approach)

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, climate change is the topic of choice. Babatunde highlights the effect that climate change has on farmers and the need for farmers to have more knowledge regarding climate change so they can be better prepared for...

Soil Management and the Issue of Productivity

Farmers need to fully understand their soil and the dynamic components of soil. Soil testing and labs should to be more easily accessible for everyone, but this is not the case. In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde discusses another...

The Future of Food: Appropriate Knowledge (2)

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde continues to express the need for farmers' literacy rates to improve. This is would allow farmers to educate themselves regarding issues they presently face in their farms, and diagnose their own...

What Can the African Diaspora Contribute to Africa’s Development?

Join us for the fifth Global Agricultural Politics and Policy from an African Perspective (G.A.P.P.A.P.) webinar on Thursday 25 November, 4-5PM WAT / 5-6PM CEST via Zoom. Dick Veerman, founder of Foodlog.nl will talk with representatives from the...

Global Governance by a No-body

Join us on Tuesday, November 30, from 1:30 PM till 2:15 PM (CET) + 45 more minutes of informality (if you care to stay on) for the third chat this fall in the Digital Food series. REGISTER HERE Upon registration (Free!) you will receive a link to...

Professor Ken Giller on the Politicization of Agriculture

"For decades, little attention was paid to agriculture and to agronomy. Thanks to climate change, loss of biodiversity and the prospect of having to feed a few billion extra mouths in the near future, a golden age is dawning for the discipline," says...